Archive for 'Regional and Local Elections'
Protest against judicial arbitrariness targeting Yabloko Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova
Press Release, 6.09.2026 Photo: Anna Cherepanova’s campaign leaflets “For Peace and Freedom” / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko On 5 September 2026, the Bureau of Novgorod Yabloko lodged a protest against the judicial arbitrariness directed at the party’s Deputy Chair Anna Cherepanova and the unlawful attempts to remove her from the elections.
Posted: September 7th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Supreme Court rejects Yabloko’s appeal against refusal to register its list of candidates for the St. Petersburg Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 4.09.2026 Photo: Outside the Supreme Court building / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Friday, 4 September, the Supreme Court of Russia rejected an appeal filed by St. Petersburg Yabloko against the refusal to register the party’s city-wide list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections.
Posted: September 5th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Two Yabloko single-mandate candidates detained in Moscow: the charges could bar them from standing in the State Duma elections
Press Release, 4.09.2026 Photo: Grigory Grishin and Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno Today, 4 September, two Yabloko candidates for the State Duma, Grigory Grishin and Anna Shatunovskaya-Byurno, were detained in Moscow. Both had administrative violation reports filed against them under Article 20.3 of the Code of Administrative Offences of the Russian Federation, on “displaying extremist symbols”. A finding […]
Posted: September 4th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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In Chelyabinsk, the Greens want Yabloko’s State Duma candidate Yaroslav Shcherbakov removed over Banksy graffiti and a Sakharov quote
Press Release, 4.09.2026 Photo: Yaroslav Shcherbakov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Chelyabinsk Region Court will hear a claim filed by Artem Kungurtsev, a representative of the Greens party, seeking to overturn the registration of Yaroslav Shcherbakov, leader of Chelyabinsk Yabloko, as a State Duma candidate. It should be noted that Yabloko member […]
Posted: September 4th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko appeals removal of its lists from Legislative Assembly elections in Kaliningrad and Sverdlovsk Regions
Press Release, 2.09.2026 Photo: Roman Morozov (Kaliningrad), Yaroslav Shcherbakov and Yabloko candidate Leonid Buyny (Yekaterinburg) / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Today, 2 September, Yabloko representatives filed appeals against the court rulings that had earlier granted claims to cancel the registration of the party’s candidate lists standing for seats in the Legislative Assemblies of […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Police interrupt Novgorod Yabloko’s officially approved ‘peace picket’, citing a ‘terrorist threat’
Press Release, 1.09.2026 Photo: Participants in the “peace picket” / Photo by Novgorod Yabloko On 1 September, leaders and activists of Novgorod Yabloko held a “peace picket,” approved in advance with the Mayor’s Office, by the Central Market in Veliky Novgorod, opposite the United Russia party office. However, police interrupted the picket, citing a “terrorist […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan removes Alexei Akimenko, Yabloko member and main rival to Rodina’s party leader Zhuravlev, from State Duma elections
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Alexei Akimenko / Photo by Tatarstan Yabloko On 31 August, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Bashkortostan has removed Alexei Akimenko, a Yabloko member and main rival of the Rodina party leader Zhuravlev, from the State Duma elections. He is the third Yabloko single-mandate candidate to be removed from the […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Tula Region Court removes Tula Yabloko leader Anton Paramonov from State Duma elections following claim by deputy head teacher from the Party of Pensioners
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Anton Paramonov / Photo by Tula Yabloko On 31 August, the Tula Region Court has granted a claim filed by Svetlana Bobrovskaya, deputy head teacher at Educational Centre No. 41, seeking the cancellation of the registration of Yabloko candidate Anton Paramonov, who heads the party’s Tula branch, in the State Duma […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan removes Yabloko’s State Duma candidate Ayrat Gumerbaev from the elections following claim by electoral commission
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Activists of Tatarstan Yabloko (Ayrat Gumerbaev, far left) / Photo by Sofya Fyodorova On 31 August, the Supreme Court of the Republic of Tatarstan has granted a claim filed by the Territorial Electoral Commission (TEC) for Naberezhnye Chelny Constituency No. 34, seeking the cancellation of the registration of Yabloko candidate Ayrat […]
Posted: September 2nd, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Maxim Kruglov: “It is a Russian tradition to hack off one of the heads of the two-headed eagle in the Russian coat of arms with a vengeance, and today we are watching exactly that”
Press Release, 31.08.2026 Photo: Maxim Kruglov addressing the Moscow City Court via video link / Photo by Irina Vorobyova During a break before the appeal panel announced its decision, those who had come to support Maxim Kruglov were let into the courtroom. He addressed those present via video link. His speech was interrupted when the […]
Posted: August 31st, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Kaliningrad Region Court removes Yabloko’s list from the regional Legislative Assembly elections following claim by Communists of Russia. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 29.08.2026 Photo: Lawyer and Yabloko candidate Roman Morozov / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On Friday, 28 August, Kaliningrad Region Court granted a claim by the Communists of Russia party, which had sought to have the registration of Yabloko’s list for the regional Legislative Assembly elections annulled. Yabloko’s interests in court were […]
Posted: August 29th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Sverdlovsk Region Court removes Yabloko’s list from Legislative Assembly elections on LDPR claim. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 28.08.2026 Photo: On the left, Yabloko representatives Yaroslav Shcherbakov (standing) and Konstantin Kiselyov; on the right, a judge of the Sverdlovsk Region Court / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 28 August, the Sverdlovsk Region Court upheld LDPR’s claim and cancelled the registration of Yabloko’s candidate list for the regional Legislative Assembly […]
Posted: August 28th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Regional newspapers refuse to publish ‘For Peace and Freedom!’ election programme
Press Release, 27.06.2026 Photo: Yabloko candidate Yelena Panova’s election programme in the newspaper Novy Mir (Kurgan Region) Regional newspapers are refusing to publish the election programme of Yabloko candidates standing in single-mandate constituencies. The programme consists of just 43 words: FOR PEACE AND FREEDOM! FOR A LIFE WITHOUT FEAR! For a ceasefire agreement, diplomacy and […]
Posted: August 28th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Yabloko to conduct “Peace Stream”, a major fundraiser for Yabloko’s election campaign
Press Release, 27.08.2026 Photo: Announcement of Yabloko’s “Peace Stream” On 28 August at 19:00 (Moscow time), we will hold “Peace Stream” — a major broadcast in support of our election campaign.
Posted: August 28th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Court upholds refusal to register Yabloko for Leningrad Region Legislative Assembly elections. Decision to be appealed
Press Release, 27.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko candidates Anatoly Golov, Olga Pokrovskaya and Grigory Grishin before submitting documents to the electoral commission / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The Leningrad Region Court has upheld the regional Electoral Commission’s refusal to register Yabloko’s list of candidates for the Legislative Assembly elections. It should be noted that the […]
Posted: August 27th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Yabloko’s ‘For Peace and Freedom’ election campaign continues
Address of Yabloko’s Federal Bureau to voters, published on 27.08.2026 Adopted at the Bureau meeting on 26.08.2026 Photo: Yabloko billboard in Tomsk “For Peace and Freedom! For a Life Without Fear!” / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service Dear voters, like-minded fellow citizens and supporters, We are continuing our election campaign: do not believe the […]
Posted: August 27th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, State Duma Elections, State Duma Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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Third Cassation Court refuses to reinstate Yabloko’s list for Petrozavodsk City Council elections
Press Release, 26.08.2026 Photo: Emilia Slabunova / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service On 26 August, the Third Cassation Court of General Jurisdiction dismissed the cassation appeal filed by the Karelian regional branch of Yabloko against the rulings of the two lower courts, which had refused to register the party’s candidate list for the Petrozavodsk […]
Posted: August 27th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The LDPR party seeks to remove Yabloko from the elections to the Sverdlovsk Region Legislative Assembly
Press Release, 26.08.2026 Photo: A Yabloko campaign billboard for the 2026 elections / Photo by the Yabloko Press Service The LDPR party has filed a claim with the Sverdlovsk Region Court seeking to overturn the registration of Yabloko’s list of candidates for the elections to the region’s Legislative Assembly. The claim will be heard on […]
Posted: August 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches.
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Pskov Region Court overturns regional electoral commission’s decision to register Pskov Yabloko’s unified list of candidates
Press Release, 25.08.2026 Photo by Pskov Yabloko Today, 25 August, the Pskov Region Court overturned the ruling of the regional electoral commission registering the unified list of candidates of Pskov Yabloko. The ruling has not entered into legal force yet. Yabloko considers it unlawful, unfounded, and adopted with the aim of unfairly eliminating political competitors. […]
Posted: August 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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The Communists of Russia party attempts to remove Yabloko’s list from the elections in the Kaliningrad Region
Press Release, 25.08.2026 Photo: Ivan Bolshakov, Roman Morozov and Anton Gendrikson / Photo by the Kaliningrad Region Electoral Commission The corresponding administrative claim has been filed with the Kaliningrad Region Court. It will be heard on Friday, 28 August. The Kaliningrad Region Electoral Commission will take part in the case as an interested party.
Posted: August 26th, 2026 under Elections, Freedom of Speech, Governance, Human Rights, Judiciary, Regional and Local Elections, Regional and Local Elections 2026, Yabloko's Regional Branches, Без рубрики.
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